Sports drinks are increasingly regarded as an essential adjunct for anJoyone doing exercise, but the evidence for this view
is lacking. Deborah Cohen investigates the links between the sports drinks industry and academia that have helped market the science of hJDo Ulydration

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John Pring writes about how disabled people "may be dividing their time over the next fortnight between celebrating the achievements
of our wonderfully talented Paralympians, and trying to predict just where the next attack on their rights might come from."

Sports drinks are increasingly regarded as an essential adjunct for anyone doing exercise, but the evidence for this view
is lacking.Deborah Coheninvestigates the links between the sports drinks industry and academia that have helped market the science of hydration

While sport has value in everyone's life, it is even more important in the life of a person with a disability. This is because
of the rehabilitative influence sport can have, on the physical body, and on rehabilitating into society.

As Olympic competitors are told they no longer need authorisation for using the most common inhalers, Sophie Arie looks at
why asthma seems so common in elite athletes and the lessons that could be of huge benefit to the general public

The thousands of athletes descending on London in 2012 will need health care as well as sporting facilities. Rebecca Coombes
talks to Richard Budgett, the man in charge of providing it, about the public health legacy, anti-doping measures, and McDonalds
sponsorship